Alright, listen up, y’all. We’re gonna talk about some college mascots today, and let me tell ya, some of ’em are just plain weird. I don’t get these youngsters and their ideas, but hey, it’s their world now, I guess.
First off, we gotta talk about what a mascot even is. From what I gather, it’s like a lucky charm, somethin’ the kids at them colleges can get all riled up about. It’s supposed to bring ’em good luck, or somethin’ like that. Like a rabbit’s foot, but way bigger and usually dressed up all silly.
Now, some mascots are just fine. You got your eagles, your tigers, you know, strong and respectable animals. But then you get the ones that make you scratch your head and say, “What in the Sam Hill were they thinkin’?”
- Seriously, some of these mascots, they just don’t make no sense. Like, I heard about this one college, Duke University I think it was, they got a Blue Devil. Now, I ain’t never seen a real devil, blue or otherwise, and I sure as heck don’t know why you’d want one representin’ your school. It just sounds spooky and wrong to me.
- And then there are those mascots that are just plain ugly. I saw a picture of one once, looked like a big ol’ blob with eyes. They called it Scrotie or somethin’ like that. Lord have mercy, that thing was enough to scare the chickens! I don’t know why anyone would want that thing as their mascot. It’s just plain bad luck, I tell ya.
- There are funny mascots too. I guess some schools, they just wanna be silly. There is this one mascot I saw, it looks like a pickle, just green all over. Now, I like pickles as much as the next person, but a mascot? It’s just funny you know? I guess the kids like them, or what can you do, they chose it. It ain’t hurtin’ nobody, right? It’s still weird though.
I reckon some of these colleges just try too hard to be different, you know? They want a mascot that stands out, that nobody else has. But sometimes, different ain’t always better. Sometimes, different is just plain weird and makes you uncomfortable. I tell you what, back in my day, we didn’t have none of this mascot nonsense. We just went to school and learned. We didn’t have no time to dress up in silly costumes or nothing. But things change, don’t they?
But you know what? At the end of the day, it’s their school and their mascot. If they wanna have a giant pickle or a blue devil or a blob monster runnin’ around at their games, then that’s their business. It ain’t gonna hurt me none. I’ll just sit here on my porch and shake my head, wondering what the world’s comin’ to. But hey, as long as them kids are gettin’ their learnin’ done, I guess it don’t matter too much what kind of crazy mascot they got.
I still think some of them are just bad, though. Real bad. Like, they shoulda just stuck with a good ol’ dog or somethin’. But then again, what do I know? I’m just an old lady, sittin’ here talkin’ about college mascots. It’s still a wonder how they even come up with such things. I guess young folks got active imaginations now. It must be all that TV they’re watching.
So yeah, that’s my two cents on college mascots. Some good, some bad, some just plain weird. But hey, that’s life, ain’t it? Always somethin’ to make you scratch your head and wonder. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I gotta go chase them squirrels off my bird feeder. Them critters are worse than any mascot I ever seen.
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